gmbanks.bsky.social
Single. Retired. Owned by a dog. Wide ranging interests including reading, tv & music.
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Poor Edgar. I hope they stop soon.
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I hope you made it ok?
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Morning Womble. This week I read Beware the Past by Joy Ellis. Now reading The Promised Queen by Kate Johnson.
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You wouldn't be bimbling here! It's a filthy morning. ☔️☔️☔️
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Try to take things (a little bit!) easy.
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Thank you 😁.
I like to go back & read old favourites by the likes of Dorothy L Sayers, Elizabeth Peters, M M Kaye & Agatha Christie. Of course, balancing that with lots of new stuff too.
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The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien (25+times!)
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (every Christmas)
The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis (first of the great Falco series).
There are quite a few more.
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A lot of it stems from 'money laundering' regulations. Proof of address has been a requirement for many things for over 20 years. Frustrating at times, but necessary.
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Wordle 1,454 5/6
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It was a tricky one.
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The sounds of a summer day - even in the rain in Ireland! ☀️☔️🎵😁
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Maybe if she reversed the letters?! 🤔🫤
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I presume that's the NYT one? I got it in 5 - pure luck. It was a rather esoteric word.
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I'm not mad about Limoncello anyway, and adding cream isn't going to change that. I'll stick to Baileys!
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Could you sell it?
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Morning Womble. This week I read More Than Just A Dog by Simon Wooler (@sociabledog.bsky.social) - a wonderful book for anyone who has or is about to have a dog in their life. Now started The Night House by Jo Nesbo.
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I follow @suzannacrampton.bsky.social who has a pedigree Zwartbles flock and that's where I learned about scald. She treats it with a magic blue spray!
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There's always at least one with scald. Painful, but easily treated.
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Well done, it looks great.
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It's being a weird day here. Sunny one minute, absolutely chucking it down the next! Dublin is now under a 'thunderstorm' alert 🙄☔️⛈️
Fortunately I got the dog walk in earlier, and I'm not dealing with 'Eau de wet dog'!!
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If you wrote it as a book or film script, it'd be rejected as being too ridiculous!
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It'd be funny if it weren't so potentially dangerous.
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At least it's not too high off the ground or overlooking a village!
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Looking good. I like the colour.
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Hope it goes well.
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Mine is my full name - including a middle initial!
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It's a pain. So inconvenient, but hopefully everything is replaceable.
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Did you separate out the 4 ewes that weren't in lamb? Unless you've left them as four Aunties?
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🤞that everything goes smoothly this time.
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That's wonderful. 🥳🎉❤️
Is the new house far from where you're currently 'parked'?
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I run into issues with mine if I have to sign an electronic 'pad' with a stylus, or (😬) my finger!
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My handwriting improved significantly after I left school. I think part of it was having a LOT of penpals to whom I handwrote letters which had to be legible! I have a particularly 'swirly' signature.
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Nothing ventured......!
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Wise decision - and much faster than having to pluck & gut a couple of pigeons! 🤭
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No, just no!
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I live in Dublin - that's the barrier rather than my nationality. If I lived in the UK I'd absolutely sign.
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Any chance you bought a few books over the years 🤔?
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I'm not eligible to sign this - being Irish - but I wish you well.
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There is nothing quite like freshly squeezed orange juice 😋🍊
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You mean you don't arrange your bookshelves by the colour of the book spines? 🤣🤣🤣
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I have no interest in F1, but Barcelona & orange juice sounds good.
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Morning Womble - from a slightly blustery Dublin.
This week I read One in Custody by Jane Casey (short story). Now reading Enemies At Home by Lindsey Davis - second in the Flavia Albia series.
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Well I've thoroughly enjoyed this season. I thought the finale was terrific - and (no spoilers) looking forward to what comes next. Hoping of course, there will be a 'next'.
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Good luck with that!
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Far north & south east!
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I've watched 3 eps now & I think it's wonderful.
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She was wonderful. MASH was such a great show.
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Bunk beds for the cats? - with a picture window view?! 🤭
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Oooh lovely - particularly on a nice sunny day.
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Are you Professor Higgins reincarnated?